Article 1 of the Nevada Constitution sets forth certain inalienable rights of an individual. (Nev. Const. Art. 1) This joint resolution proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution by adding a new section which: (1) guarantees each person the right to a clean and healthy environment; (2) mandates a trust obligation of the State to conserve, protect and maintain certain environmental resources; (3) requires the State fulfill its trust obligation equitably for all beneficiaries regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, geography or wealth; and (4) prohibits the State, whether through action, inaction or the action of others, from causing the unreasonable degradation, diminution or depletion of the environment.
If this joint resolution is passed by the 2023 Legislature, it must also be passed by the next Legislature and then approved and ratified by the voters in an election before the proposed amendment to the Nevada Constitution becomes effective.